My latest homemade pick

by **Minus** » 22 Jun 2004 14:53

Here she is ;]

Made from stainless steel borrowed from a steak knife (my material of choice). This is one of my better picks so far(atleast in actual use). Im not that happy with the looks but hey you cant win em all.

by **frollard** » 22 Jun 2004 14:56

nice, what'd you wrap the handle with?

and the metal, looks like you polished that thing to oblivion (in a good way)....SHINY!

must be nice to work with.

by **Minus** » 22 Jun 2004 15:22

Yeah ive very happy with the actual finish of the metal and the shape. I obviously have something to learn about making handles though. The "handle" is shrink wrap with some padding under it for comfort. It feels nice but doesnt look very good.

by **mbell** » 22 Jun 2004 15:25

Nice Pick. Do you have to choose your steak knives really carefully? Most of the knives I have are way too thick to make picks out of.

On a different topic - What is that thing in the background - A plug spinner, light, borescope???

by **funboy79015** » 22 Jun 2004 15:48

I've made picks from steak knives. I used the handle of the knife as the handle of the pick. It worked out pretty well for me.

I'd post pics but I don't have the picks anymore.

by **logosys** » 22 Jun 2004 16:00

funboy79015 wrote:I've made picks from steak knives. I used the handle of the knife as the handle of the pick. It worked out pretty well for me.

I'd post pics but I don't have the picks anymore.

I don't think the handle looks bad. Now, it could look better but it's not too bad. What is the overall length of that little bugger?

by **funboy79015** » 22 Jun 2004 16:11

I wasn't saying the handle was bad. I think Minus did a good job, especially if the pick works well for him.

by **Minus** » 22 Jun 2004 16:30

the length is a bit over 3 inchs total , I made these small so they fit in my wallet. I have this diamond pick, a rake(ill post a picture of it later) and a shortened twist flex wrench. I like to think of it as my emergency set. My main set right now is the southord mpxs 32 but i have the peterson bifold on the way to me right now so im pretty excited to get those.

by **logosys** » 22 Jun 2004 16:34

Minus wrote:the length is a bit over 3 inchs total , I made these small so they fit in my wallet. I have this diamond pick, a rake(ill post a picture of it later) and a shortened twist flex wrench. I like to think of it as my emergency set. My main set right now is the southord mpxs 32 but i have the peterson bifold on the way to me right now so im pretty excited to get those.

Sweet. I wouldn't be able to hold onto a 3" long pick...

by **Minus** » 22 Jun 2004 16:52

Here they are together.

Yeah the size took some getting used to but im able to open all the locks i have(including the ones on my doors) with these picks. I am going to start work on a full size set now with nicer materials hopefully.

by **plot** » 22 Jun 2004 17:01

i think the handles look fine... is there good feedback through that padding?

by **mbell** » 22 Jun 2004 17:04

Nice picks.

I made a few ultra-mini picks and a two perfectly flat tension wrenches all made from hacksaw blades as usual.

I intended to carry them in my wallet attatched to the back of a credit card or similar card. Just three picks and two different tension wrenches for 'emergencies'. I'll post a picture some time.

by **Minus** » 22 Jun 2004 17:13

plot: The feedback is decent, not as nice as a more traditional pick but there is enough to get the job done.

mbell: Yeah i would like to see what other people came up with for wallet sized picks, post a picture if you can.

by **skold** » 22 Jun 2004 20:36

ill post my pictures of my emergency pick set today in this thread

by **Minus** » 22 Jun 2004 22:08

Cool im excited to see other peoples work.

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